consonant

名词 consonant:

1. a speech sound that is not a vowel
2. a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

形容词 consonant:

1. involving or characterized by harmony
   同义词：harmonic, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised, in harmony
2. in keeping
   同义词：accordant, agreeable, conformable, concordant

1. A written character that represents a vowel, consonant, syllable, word, or other expression and that cannot be further analyzed.
   书写单位; 书写符号代表一个元音、辅音、音节、词或其它表达方式，并且不能进一步分解的书写符号
2. Containing a consonant or consonants.
   辅音的含有一个或几个辅音(字母)的
3. English has 24 consonant phonemes.
   英语有24个辅音音素。
4. Many letters in the alphabet such as b, c, d, etc are consonants.
   字母表中的许多字母像b，c，d，等等都是辅音字母。

con.so.nant

adj.（形容词）
Being in agreement or accord:
符合的或一致的：
例句：
remarks consonant with our own beliefs.
与我们的信念一致的言辞

Corresponding or alike in sound, as words or syllables.
谐音的：声音上相同或相似的，如词或音节
Harmonious in sound or tone.
和谐的：声音或声调上和谐的
Consonantal.
辅音（字母）的
n.Abbr. cons.（名词）缩写 cons.
A speech sound produced by a partial or complete obstruction of the air stream by any of various constrictions of the speech organs.
辅音：一种由语言器官的收缩所致的部分或完全的气流阻塞产生的语音
A letter or character representing such a speech sound.
辅音字母：代表这样语音的一个字母或文字符号

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin cônson3ns cônsonant- [present participle of] cônson3re [to agree]
源自 拉丁语 cônson3ns cônsonant- [] cônson3re的现在分词 [同意]
com- [com-]
com- [前缀，表.一致.]
son3re [to sound] * see swen-
son3re [听] *参见 swen-

【引伸】
con.sonantly
adv.（副词）